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Cowpea
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Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an annual herbaceous legume from the genus Vigna. Due to its tolerance for sandy soil and low rainfall it is an important crop in the semi-arid regions across Africa and other countries. It requires very few inputs, as the plants root nodules are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen, making it a valuable crop for resource poor farmers and well-suited to intercropping with other crops. The whole plant is used as forage...

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Cowpea in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms (Volume 104)

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms (Volume 104)

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.72

Cowpea in 農業全書 11巻. [2]

農業全書 11巻. [2]

Miyazaki Yasusada · 1697 · p.45

Cowpea in Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 2)

Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 2)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.36

Cowpea in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.812

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122898.